Raid M Suleiman, Ph.D.
Astrophysicist
Raid M Suleiman, Ph.D.
Astrophysicist
I work at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian in the Atomic and Molecular Physics (AMP) Division for the Atmospheric Measurements Group. I am also affiliated with the Solar, Stellar, and Planetary Sciences (SSP) and High Energy Astrophysics (HEA) Division.
I am responsible for SAO operational data products (BrO, OClO, and CHOCHO) from OMI and NO2 from GOME2. A member of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO2) Science Team and a CO-I on NASA's newly selected TEMPO. In addition to serving as a Co-I on TEMPO, I am responsible for BrO, H2O, and Level 3 data products. I am also the data manager and will be responsible for managing the Instrument Operations Center (IOC) and the Science Data Processing Center (SDPC).
While at the SSP Division, I worked for the Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer UVCS aboard SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory). Worked, in addition to distributing data among the UVCS team, on the Flat Field effects of UVCS, spectral line analysis, Ly-alpha line profile in coronal holes, and coronal mass ejections.
After graduating from the University of New Hampshire, I worked for the Imaging Compton Telescope COMPTEL aboard the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory. I was responsible for constructing COMPTEL's Solar Flare Catalog from data obtained by the Burst Detectors of COMPTEL.
Currently, I am working on TEMPO and studying black holes from quantum gravity, cosmological, and astrophysical aspects.
Positions
- Astrophysicist, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard and Smithsonian 1996 -
Research Areas
Research And Grants
Research Overview
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My research work has been in the following areas:
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Theoretical Physics & Astrophysics
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General Relativity
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Black Holes
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AdS/CFT Correspondence
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Atmospheric composition and radiative transfer
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Solar Physics
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Coronal Holes, especially at high heights in the corona
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Elemental Abundances
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Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs)
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Solar flares and nuclear gamma-ray lines
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Co-principal Investigator On
Publications
Selected Publications
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Article
- Aggarwal, Daksh, Chang, Dominic, Helmers, Quentin Dancewicz, Sivrioglu, Nesibe, Ram-Mohan, L. R., Rodriguez, Leo, Rodriguez, Shanshan, and Suleiman, Raid. 2023. "Nöther currents, black hole entropy universality and CFT duality in conformal Weyl gravity." International Journal of Modern Physics D, 32 2350017. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218271823500177. 2023
- Shaban, F., Siemiginowska, Aneta, Suleiman, R. M., El-Nawawy, M. S., and Ali, A. 2022. "X-ray properties of high-redshift Radio Loud and Radio Quiet Quasars observed by Chandra." Journal of High Energy Astrophysics, 36 152–161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jheap.2022.10.002. 2022
- Wales, Pamela A., Salawitch, Ross J., Lind, Elena S., Mount, George H., Canty, Timothy P., Chance, Kelly, Choi, Sungyeon, Donohoue, Deanna, Kurosu, Thomas P., Simpson, William R., and Suleiman, Raid M. 2021. "Evaluation of the Stratospheric and Tropospheric Bromine Burden Over Fairbanks, Alaska Based on Column Retrievals of Bromine Monoxide." Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 126 e32896. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD032896. 2021
- González Abad, Gonzalo, Souri, Amir Hossein, Bak, Juseon, Chance, Kelly, Flynn, Lawrence E., Krotkov, Nickolay A., Lamsal, Lok, Li, Can, Liu, Xiong, Chan Miller, Christopher, Nowlan, Caroline R., Suleiman, Raid, and Wang, Huiqun. 2019. "Five decades observing Earth's atmospheric trace gases using ultraviolet and visible backscatter solar radiation from space." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 238 106478. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2019.04.030. 2019
- Suleiman, Raid M., Chance, Kelly, Liu, Xiong, González Abad, Gonzalo, Kurosu, Thomas P., Hendrick, Francois, and Theys, Nicolas. 2019. "OMI total bromine monoxide (OMBRO) data product: algorithm, retrieval and measurement comparisons." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 12 2067–2084. https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2067-2019. 2019
- Zoogman, P., Liu, X., Suleiman, R. M., Pennington, W. F., Flittner, D. E., Al-Saadi, J. A., Hilton, B. B., Nicks, D. K., Newchurch, M. J., Carr, J. L., Janz, S. J., Andraschko, M. R., Arola, A., Baker, B. D., Canova, B. P., Chan Miller, C., Cohen, R. C., Davis, J. E., Dussault, M. E., Edwards, D. P., Fishman, J., Ghulam, A., González Abad, Gonzalo, Grutter, M., Herman, J. R. et al. 2017. "Tropospheric emissions: Monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)." Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 186 17–39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.05.008. 2017
- Schmidt, J. A., Jacob, D. J., Horowitz, H. M., Hu, L., Sherwen, T., Evans, M. J., Liang, Q., Suleiman, R. M., Oram, D. E., Le Breton, M., Percival, C. J., Wang, S., Dix, B., and Volkamer, R. 2016. "Modeling the observed tropospheric BrO background: Importance of multiphase chemistry and implications for ozone, OH, and mercury." Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres), 121 11. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JD024229. 2016
- González Abad, Gonzalo, Liu, X., Chance, Kelly V., Wang, H., Kurosu, T. P., and Suleiman, R. 2014. "Updated SAO OMI formaldehyde retrieval." Atmospheric Measurement Techniques Discussions, 7 1–31. https://doi.org/10.5194/amtd-7-1-2014. 2014
- Cai, Zhaonan, Liu, Yi, Liu, Xiong, Chance, Kelly V., Nowlan, Caroline R., Lang, Ruediger, Munro, Rosemary, and Suleiman, Raid. 2012. "Characterization and correction of Global Ozone Monitoring Experiment 2 ultraviolet measurements and application to ozone profile retrievals." Journal of Geophysical Research. D. Atmospheres, 117 07305. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JD017096. 2012
- Liao, J., Huey, L. G., Scheuer, E., Dibb, J. E., Stickel, R. E., Tanner, D. J., Neuman, J. A., Nowak, J. B., Choi, S., Wang, Y., Salawitch, R. J., Canty, T., Chance, Kelly V., Kurosu, T., Suleiman, R., Weinheimer, A. J., Shetter, R. E., Fried, A., Brune, W., Anderson, B., Zhang, X., Chen, G., Crawford, J., Hecobian, A., and Ingall, E. D. 2012. "Characterization of soluble bromide measurements and a case study of BrO observations during ARCTAS." Atmospheric Chemistry & Physics, 12, (3) 1327–1338. https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-12-1327-2012. 2012
- Johnson, H., Raymond, John C., Murphy, Nicholas A., Giordano, S., Ko, Y. K., Ciaravella, A., and Suleiman, Raid. 2011. "Transition Region Emission from Solar Flares during the Impulsive Phase." The Astrophysical Journal, 735 70. https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/735/2/70. 2011
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Conference Paper
- Chance, Kelly V., Liu, Xiong, Suleiman, Raid M., Flittner, David E., Al-Saadi, Jassim, and Janz, Scott J. 2013. "Tropospheric emissions: monitoring of pollution (TEMPO)." from Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series. 8866, https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024479. 2013
Contact
Location
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Academic Department
